Each author's ballot may be found later in the article. Here, we neatly summarize
the results. In each division standings table you'll find the average rank of the team, plus the standard deviation. The lower the standard
deviation, the more in agreement the authors were about that team's place in the division standings. In our AL column, the
Royals had a standard deviation of 0, meaning that all authors agreed they would finish last. We have similar consensus with
the old/new Washington Nationals, also picked to finish last across the board. Such agreement is rare around here, and
obviously means that both the Royals and Nationals will finish third in their respective divisions.

It's worth noting that the standard deviations are much higher in the NL than in the AL, particularly in the NL East, where each contending team has about the same chance of winning the division as finishing fourth. This plays out in our wildly dissimilar predictions for that division, as our authors think that the Braves, Mets, Phillies and Marlins could all be printing World Series tickets this year.

For the MVP voting, we've kept the traditional points system in place that's been used elsewhere: 10-7-5-3-1 for the MVP Award, and
5-3-1 for the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year Awards (that's 10 points for a first place vote, 7 for a second place vote,
etc). The projected statistics appearing after each player's name are their baseline PECOTA forecasts.